• Australia + New Zealand

    Aus + NZ: The longest blog post in the Southern Hemisphere!

    Throughout our trip we’ve heard about endless things that are the largest of their kind in the Southern Hemisphere. The largest suspension bridge (in the Southern Hemisphere)? Traversed it. The longest pedestrian bridge (in the Southern Hemisphere)? Crossed it. The longest single span chairlift (in the Southern Hemisphere)? Sat along it. The largest fish market (in the Southern Hemisphere)? Smelt it. But all of these things pale in comparison to what we experienced our first night in Tasmania. We booked our flight to Hobart and we’d figure the rest out. We’d done it so far, we’d do it now. Right? Well, there was one problem, the largest wooden boat festival…

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  • Australia + New Zealand

    Speed round!

    Ok so we’ve been busy, and I’ve been lazy. Here’s a speed round of stuff from your present / our past (cause we live in the future now). We drove north. We had the best fruit, ever. Boysenberries. Their season is apparently a week, this week. My only previous experience with boysenberry was in yogurt form. Fresh was far superior. Earwigs like them too. #bugnoise Cambridge has a horse walk of fame, of course. Trotting down Mane Street and back in a horseshoe-like pattern with our salt-lick-like gelato kept our throats from going hoarse. But that’s enough horsing around. We saw bad local live music at a hostel / bar.…